At BodhiSutra, we believe in making learning fun. To improve your spoken English, you need to visit our website everyday, do the cool exercises and participate in the fun activities. The old style of a boring classroom with a teacher giving lectures on the usage of gerunds has gone the way of the dinosaurs (here, another phrase – what does gone the way of the dinosaurs mean??)
Check out this iconic scene from Gangs of Wasseypur.
Task: Watch their conversation and try to think of as many different adjectives as you can to describe Mohsina and Faizal. Use the comment space to write your answers.
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Set against a lush green background of a pond and a goat grazing behind, the lovely Mohsina and awkward Faizal are on a date. They talk about the pond, her nail polish, her favorite colors, green and red. Then, motivated by some romantic impulse, Faizal grabs her hand.
Now, Mohsina is no dumb doll. Though she is as bollywood crazy as Faizal, she has her own code of how things should be done including holding hands on a date. She castigates Faizal on his brazenness in holding her hand without asking for permission.
What follows is a touching sequence sometimes awkward, sometimes warm and sometimes hilarious.
Watch their conversation and try to think of as many different adjectives as you can to describe Mohsina and Faizal. Some of the adjectives have been marked in the video itself for your help.
Then answer the following short quiz.
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This is something very good way to improve vocab. I learned new words..coy, castigate, brazenness.
Thanks